Great Britain Car Fleet, by Propulsion Great Britain Car Fleet, by Propulsion
The overall car fleet increased nearly back to 2019 levels in 2021, increasing from 31.7 million in 2020 to 31.9 million cars. Despite the overall increase in cars, the number of both petrol and diesel cars continued to decrease, by 0.04% and 3.0%, respectively. Increases were mostly seen in numbers of “other” propulsion cars.
Millions
Petrol-only Diesel-only Hybrid Other
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2001
2006
2011
2016
2021
Source: DfT / DVLA
Thousands Great Britain Car Fleet, “Other” Propulsions Great Britain Car Fleet, “Other” Propulsions
The “other propulsion segment has continued its trend of rapid growth in 2021, increasing by 50.4% year-on-year, reaching 1.63 million vehicles. Hybrid, hybrid electric, plug in hybrid, and battery electric vehicles increased by 41.8%%, 39.2%, 52%, and 95.5% respectively, while FCEV vehicles decreased by 0.9%. The trend of decreasing gas propulsion cars was reversed in 2021, with a 2.6% year-on-year increase in numbers.
Hybrid Electric Plug-in/Range-Extended Hybrid Battery-only Gas Other
1000 1200 1400 1600 1800
0 200 400 600 800
2001
2006
2011
2016
2021
Source: DfT / DVLA
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